9/10 - 9/14 Rowing Madeline and visiting the Zoo

This week our focus was Madeline, but we strayed a bit as the weather was great (for Texas) and I was dying to get out and have some fun.

France was a big topic of the week. I picked up a Madeline movie from the library and Monster loved it. We located France on the globe and talked about ways we could get there. Monster thought a boat would be the best idea until I explained a plane would be much faster. He then stated that a jet was the only way to go :). We also built the Eiffel Tower with cookies (I am not at all good at these crafts so please don't judge):



Monster loved it and wanted to devour the entire thing, but Tank decided it was too sweet and only had a few bites before she moved on to apple slices :)

We read a few books about the human body and listened to Madeline on tape as well, but I didn't stress the book too much this week. Next up is We're Going on a Bear Hunt and the kids already love the book so I will center the week around it more.

Our Montessori-style letters and numbers finally arrived so we spent some time playing with them and writing in a salt box:



Monster finished some pages in Miquon Orange, Singapore 1A, MEP Reception, and two chapters in Life of Fred. Although I like each program, I am still searching for something that catches his interest for numbers and doesn't seem like such a drag for him. I picked up a Horizons K book to throw into the mix next week. Tank sits with us through all of this, but keeps asking for her own "school" work. Asking her to sort bears by colors or numbers, or making trains and stairs with c-rods is not working anymore. It isn't school work if it isn't a workbook. I am now on the hunt for a math book for her.

Monster completed another three lessons in AAR, read some BOB Books, and worked through ETC 1. CVC words are getting easier and easier for him to decode. He is also picking up spelling them very easily even though we haven't started lessons in AAS.

Monster finished up Developing the Early Learner 1 and is very excited to start the next book. This is the one activity he loves and it gives him so much confidence when he completes several pages at a time.

But the highlight of the week was definitely this



Our trip to the Zoo! The weather was great and it was half-price day!!! After over two hours we still hadn't covered the entire Zoo. I promised to take them again in a few weeks.

I love the perks of homeschooling :)